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Chubby Children's Challenge ‍ Shannon, Nick, Courtney, Merrsadiz, and Madisen


 * __ Childhood obesity is the product of a child's environment. __**

Children with obese parents have 25-30% higher chance of being obese. In 2007 the number of obese people was nearly doubled what it was ten years before. In 2008 one-third of the children in the United States of America were overweight or obese. For every additional hour a child watches television, he or she has a 2% higher chance of being obese. Does this shock you? It should. Do you think that it is the parents' fault? Do you put it on the media? Or do you think that fast food restaurants are the reason for childhood obesity in America? Whoever you put the blame on, childhood obesity is an enormous problem in America. All the fast food restaurants, obese parents, and influence of the media don't help with childhood obesity. Although some fast food restaurants are trying to make their food healthier, it's still fast food and it's going to be bad for people. Most of the time the more obese a person is, the more lazy they are. So if your parent(s) are obese and never feel like actually cooking a healthy home cooked meal, you're probably going to be obese at some point too.